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What does KfW invest in?
KfW invests most often at Series B and Series A (62% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Fin-tech, Finance and Wealthtech.
KfW highlights
- 01
1 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Series B and Series A: 62% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 4 rounds, median $50M
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10 exits from the portfolio
What they do
- Type
- Government (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- From $10M as they say
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
- Sectors
- Fin-techFinanceWealthtech
- Based in
- Frankfurt, Germany
- Cold pitches
- Not accepted
A website was listed for this organisation, but we could not confirm it belongs to the firm that wrote these cheques. Either the site never mentions them, or it turned out to be a different company sharing the name. We show neither it nor anything read from it. Tell us the right one.
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first88 appearances
- 2026
1 round
- Jan
- 2019
1 round
- Aug
- 2015
4 rounds
- Sept
- Apr
- Apr
- Jan
- 2014
2 rounds
- Nov
- Jul
- 2013
5 rounds
- Dec
- Aug
- Apr
- Feb
- Jan
- 2012
14 rounds
- Dec
- Nov
- Oct
- Oct
- Sept
- Sept
- Aug
- Aug
- Jul
- Jul
- May
- May
- Feb
- Jan
- 2011
18 rounds
- Dec
- Oct
- Oct
- Sept
- Sept
- Sept
- Jul
- Jul
- Jun
- Jun
- Jun
- Jun
- May
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
We hold 5 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
Funds they back
1 fund commitment on record
- Managers
- 1
Every fund on record that it has committed money to, and the managers who invest it.Source: fund news.
Managers it backs most
Most recent commitments
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed10 in all
SuppreMolBought by Baxter InternationalUndisclosedMar 2015
Phenex PharmaceuticalsBought by Gilead Sciences$470MJan 2015
Intelligent Apps (mytaxi)Bought by moovel GmbHUndisclosedSept 2014
appruptBought by Opera MediaworksUndisclosedApr 2014
NovaledBought by Samsung Electronics$347MAug 2013
Zitra.comBought by KeenonUndisclosedJun 2013
Art of DefenceBought by ZeusUndisclosedJun 2011
UbitexxBought by BlackBerryUndisclosedMay 2011
KINAXO BiotechnologiesBought by EvotecUndisclosedApr 2011
Sloning BioTechnologyBought by MorphoSysUndisclosedOct 2010
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.